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mitch96

(13,869 posts)

8. A great line I heard...

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 07:36 PM

May 2019

The US and Britain.. Two countries separated by a common language..
I guess it works for other parts of the British Isles as well. I was in Western Ireland, Mayo I think and yes they were speaking English but I had a hard time understanding a word of it...
Oh and forget about the slang.. I loved it...
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Say Moo: The difference between Welsh/US English and Northern Irish/English [View all] TheBlackAdder May 2019 OP

Too funny! MLAA May 2019 #1

I could only get about half of what was being said. BigmanPigman May 2019 #2

I use close captioning for English movies and TV shows. Kaleva May 2019 #3

Normally I would say that's funny, but it actually makes sense. BigmanPigman May 2019 #4

It works well for me. You ought to try it. Kaleva May 2019 #11

I often find myself turning on closed captioning PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #5

I do that when the wife is upstairs sleeping and I have the volume turned low. Kaleva May 2019 #10

Ahh, I'd claim that except I live alone. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #12

That's adorable! Hekate May 2019 #6

I have no idea how any British accent can end up as 'wiff', apart from possibly the Queen muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #7

As in " you wanna go wiff me?" mitch96 May 2019 #9

The OP said it was for the 'woof' of a dog muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #13

Woof... mitch96 May 2019 #15

there is a fairly distinct difference between US English and British English vowels Spider Jerusalem May 2019 #14

A great line I heard... mitch96 May 2019 #8